Updates

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Press Release: Formula to tax diesel cars ineffective, says CSE

 
Digs holes in Kirit Parikh panel’s report

 Air Quality and Public Health, CSE, diesel cars, Petrol pricing, Press Release
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Bt brinjal: a CSE update

The debate on Bt brinjal is getting hotter every day. Governments of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh have already banned commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal due to serious health concerns.

 Bt brinjal, CSE, Genetic Engineering, GMOs, India, Story, Food safety and toxins
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Lethal Games

We generally take toys for granted but this may no longer be the case atleast not if we are concerned about the health of our young children.

 Child Health, CSE Study, Health Effects, India, Pesticides And Toxins, Story, Food safety and toxins
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Gobar Times: About Bu$iness of Biodiversity

The steady disappearance of the world’s biodiversity had been recorded earlier, but the problem reached scary heights in the late 1980s. The loss during this decade was described by experts as “the most catastrophic” in the last 65 million years! It was also becoming quite obvious by then, that these resources were the fodder for a booming market...

 Gobar Times, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Endangered Species, Story
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Born into Hell

Continuing nightmare in Bhopal: CSE laboratory tests soil, water samples from Union Carbide. Finds high contamination of pesticides and other toxins.

 CSE, CSE Study, Health Effects, India, Pesticides And Toxins, Story, Food safety and toxins
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Footfalls: Obstacle Course to Livable Cities

This study provides detailed analysis of walking conditions in Indian cities. The analysis indicates that walkability is overlooked and undervalued in transport planning, and that improved walkability is justified for equity and efficiency sake.

 CSE Study, Delhi, Non Motorised Vehicles, Pedestrians, Public Transport, Reports, Public Transport and Mobility
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South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change

Over 120 journalists, representing seven South Asian countries, recently came together at New Delhi’s India Habitat Centre to receive a briefing on climate change: its science, impacts, mitigation strategies, politics and global negotiations.

 Media Briefing Workshops, Climate Change, Story
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Reform Agenda for India's Environmental Regulators

One of the key challenges faced by India today is how to maintain a high economic growth, and at the same time, ensure environmental sustainability and social justice.

 Reports, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Regulators Programme
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Review of the interceptor plan for the Yamuna

CSE has closely scrutinised the detailed project report of the interceptor plan prepared by the consultants appointed by the Delhi Jal Board and found this hardware plan to be a complete waste of money.

 River Pollution, Story, Yamuna

CSE Specials

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Special Report
Joining the Dots

The report of the TIGER TASK FORCE.

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Climate Change
India should not support the Copenhagen deal says CSE

The Copenhagen Accord is weak, meaningless and fundamentally flawed. It will be bad for the fight against climate change and bad for India.

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Mining and Environment
Rich lands poor people: Is 'sustainable' mining possible?

Outlines the immense challenges facing the mining sector in India: how to ensure ecological security together with inclusive development. Includes detailed maps, data tables and in-depth case studies of mineral-rich states.

Latest CSE Products

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Climate Change: Politics and Facts

This is a new book from Centre for Science and Environment that attempts to demystify the subject through a set of comprehensive and concise factsheets. A one-stop storehouse of information on climate change, as it is an aid towards understanding and appreciating the danger that stares us in the face.

Price: Rs 340.00 (USD 14)
Pages: 107

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Mean Sea Level

Around 7500 Kms from the heart of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] in Geneva or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC] secretariat in Bonn, Ghoramara and Sagar islands are going through their own testimony of climate change related phenomena.

Format: DVD
Duration: 58:25 Minutes
Price: Rs 950.00 (USD 30)

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CSE Announcements

Agenda for survival

Date: June 1 - 30, 2010

A month-long summer certificate course on environment / development issues allows participants to understand and critically evaluate issues that lie at the interface of environment and development; poverty; democracy, equity and justice.

 

National Research Conference on Climate Change

Date: March 5 and 6, 2010

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Last date extended to: Feb.15, 2010

To enhance capacity for climate research and action in the country.

Global Warming in a Still Unequal World - Registration Open

Date: Course begins Feb 2, 2010
 
This e-primer seeks to redress this perceptual 'gap' that exists in climate change talk the world is abuzz about. 

Urban transportation and mobility: Reform Agenda

Date: March 9 - 12, 2010
An orientation programme for regulators, city planners, NGOs, academicians and consultants.

Managing Information in the Digital Age

Date: March 16 - 19, 2010

A South Asia training programme on library, information management, documentation and web-based outreach.

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Press Releases

February 5, 2010
Press Release: Formula to tax diesel cars ineffective, says CSE

 
Digs holes in Kirit Parikh panel’s report

Air Quality and Public Health, CSE, diesel cars, Petrol pricing, Press Release
January 15, 2010
The trouble with toys…

 Latest CSE study finds high levels of toxic phthalates in children’s toys in India.

Press Release, Toxic phthalates, Food safety and toxins
January 8, 2010
India should not support the Copenhagen Accord, says CSE

New Delhi, January 8, 2010: India should not sign and endorse the Copenhagen Agreement, says CSE. The Accord is an extremely weak document, which deliberately forgives industrialised countries’ historical responsibility for climate change and worse, is designed for meaningless and ineffective action to curb global warming.

Climate Agreements, Climate Equity, Press Release, Climate Change
December 17, 2009
Air pollution on the rise in Kanpur, says latest CSE study

Kanpur, December 17, 2009: Efforts to reduce air pollution in Kanpur are in danger of being wasted, as pollution levels are once again creeping up in the city: says a latest analysis of recent air quality data done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based research and advocacy organisation.

Air Quality and Public Health, Air Quality Monitoring, CSE Study, Press Release, public health
December 1, 2009
Continuing nightmare in Bhopal: CSE laboratory tests soil, water samples from Union Carbide

Links toxins to production processes of plant.

Bhopal, December 1, 2009: For more than 25 years, the Union Carbide (UCIL) factory has been contaminating the land and water of Bhopal. Latest tests show that groundwater in areas even three km away from the factory contains almost 40 times more pesticides than Indian standards.

CSE Study, Health Effects, India, Pesticides And Toxins, Press Release, Food safety and toxins
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